THE INTUITIVE DRAWING JOURNAL by Almudena Rocca

by: Almudena Rocca

Only £14.99

This book introduces a lovely idea about using hands-on art to help you manage your mental health. The author is an artist who has suffered herself and with this journal she shares the ways in which she deals with processing feelings and emotions using a technique of continuous line work that she calls “intuitive drawing”. It’s very approachable: this type of drawing includes things like repeat motion, the sort of lines you draw when frustrated or angry, or repeat pattern, which we’ve all probably done in the form of doodles. The book walks us through these techniques, with blank areas to try our worst, then through the 11 core emotions – fear, guilt, trust, sadness and more – with examples from the author and exercises to try, and finally a helpful series of prompts to keep us on track. This is a book that we can use to vent, feel better and then hopefully treasure.

208pp, 190 x 130 mm, Paperback, 2023, RRP £13.99